ORBI RBR20

---

chriselshaw wrote:

 

I was wondering if someone might be able to help here. I have an IOT device that requires the below wifi configuration and also works on 2.4ghz using b/g 802 protocols.

 

Telling us what that IoT toy is might be useful. Many people have turned up here with exactly the same issue for a lot of different gadgets. There may be advice here from someone who has already "been there, done that!"

---

plemans wrote:
Its actually lazy coding on the IOT devices APP. 

 

---

Oh so true.

Another strategy that some people have used is to force the mobile device they are using to set up the IoT thing to connect to the 2.4 GHz band from the Orbi. Then it will be on the same band as the IoT device.

One way to get it to connect to 2.4 GHz is to move away from the router, because 5 GHz has a shorter range than 2.4 GHz. Make it far enough and the mobile will connect to 2.4 GHz.

Another tactic is to tell the mobile to forget that it ever talked to the Orbi. Then work out how to force it so use only 2.4 GHz. (Some mobiles may deny you that option because their makers know how the world should work, and only their way matters.) Connect to 2.4 GHz and again it will be on the same band as the IoT thing.

That shouldn't be necessary, so when you have succeeded send a complaint to the people responsible for that lazy coding.